Anonymous wrote:Curious to hear why people are making the switch to public? I keep hearing about it going the other way.

My guess is no $$

Anonymous wrote:Curious to hear why people are making the switch to public? I keep hearing about it going the other way.

NP, I wanted the eligibility in my back pocket in case we left private school.

Curious to hear why people are making the switch to public? I keep hearing about it going the other way.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We followed the instruction and the child was admitted.

We then helped a couple of interested classmates get in on appeal. Two big errors are not prepping for the COGAT and not answering the parent questions succinctly and to the point.

Troll alert.

Not really trolling, this is the truth. Private school kids have limited experience with long multiple choice tests. They need extensive practice to do well enough to be in that top 1% nationally / top 10% per assigned school. Of course, private school kids are not really placed in pool, but generally speaking if the COGAT is high enough to be in pool, and the application is equipped with congruent GBRS and reasonable work samples, they will be admitted.

Uh, public school kids also have no experience with long multiple choice tests in 2nd grade. And the Cogat is not a long multiple choice tests.

Probably best for your DC to stay in private. Wouldn't want to have to be in the same classes as public school kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We followed the instruction and the child was admitted.

We then helped a couple of interested classmates get in on appeal. Two big errors are not prepping for the COGAT and not answering the parent questions succinctly and to the point.

Troll alert.

Not really trolling, this is the truth. Private school kids have limited experience with long multiple choice tests. They need extensive practice to do well enough to be in that top 1% nationally / top 10% per assigned school. Of course, private school kids are not really placed in pool, but generally speaking if the COGAT is high enough to be in pool, and the application is equipped with congruent GBRS and reasonable work samples, they will be admitted.

Nonsense. My son took the test cold at GMU with 2 of his private school classmates. All 3 got in.

I dunno, we always prep for every gate-keeper public school exam. Publics have this weird approach of having kids jump through nonesense tests. I just go with their flow. Makes life better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We followed the instruction and the child was admitted.

We then helped a couple of interested classmates get in on appeal. Two big errors are not prepping for the COGAT and not answering the parent questions succinctly and to the point.

Troll alert.

Not really trolling, this is the truth. Private school kids have limited experience with long multiple choice tests. They need extensive practice to do well enough to be in that top 1% nationally / top 10% per assigned school. Of course, private school kids are not really placed in pool, but generally speaking if the COGAT is high enough to be in pool, and the application is equipped with congruent GBRS and reasonable work samples, they will be admitted.

Nonsense. My son took the test cold at GMU with 2 of his private school classmates. All 3 got in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We followed the instruction and the child was admitted.

We then helped a couple of interested classmates get in on appeal. Two big errors are not prepping for the COGAT and not answering the parent questions succinctly and to the point.

Troll alert.

Not really trolling, this is the truth. Private school kids have limited experience with long multiple choice tests. They need extensive practice to do well enough to be in that top 1% nationally / top 10% per assigned school. Of course, private school kids are not really placed in pool, but generally speaking if the COGAT is high enough to be in pool, and the application is equipped with congruent GBRS and reasonable work samples, they will be admitted.

Anonymous wrote:will let you know how it goes. Submitted the application in December and will hear this spring.

Best wishes!

Anonymous wrote:We followed the instruction and the child was admitted.

We then helped a couple of interested classmates get in on appeal. Two big errors are not prepping for the COGAT and not answering the parent questions succinctly and to the point.

Troll alert.

will let you know how it goes. Submitted the application in December and will hear this spring.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We followed the instruction and the child was admitted.

We then helped a couple of interested classmates get in on appeal. Two big errors are not prepping for the COGAT and not answering the parent questions succinctly and to the point.

What is the process following admission? We are still waiting.

We had to indicate that we want the child to be marked as eligible for AAP. I cannot remember what exact form there was, but I emailed the AAP coordinator and she helped me find it I think. That step had a deadline.

We did not end up enrolling in public that year, and just kept the eligibility open.

AAP application / acceptance is separate from school enrollment / admission.

Your child can apply for AAP and get accepted, but that doesn't necessarily mean they will be enrolling in FCPS. You might wait to enroll in 4th, or 6th, or 7th, or whatever (the AAP eligibility is durable)... they don't know what you're intending to do. They're just saying that when you DO enroll your student, they are eligible to be placed in the AAP program / classroom.

So if you want to enroll in FCPS for next year, you just need to reach out to the school your child will be attending and let them know (i.e., enroll them). The sooner the better generally for the upcoming year, helps them plan their resources/staffing/classrooms more accurately.

Anonymous wrote:We followed the instruction and the child was admitted.

We then helped a couple of interested classmates get in on appeal. Two big errors are not prepping for the COGAT and not answering the parent questions succinctly and to the point.

What is the process following admission? We are still waiting.

We followed the instruction and the child was admitted.

We then helped a couple of interested classmates get in on appeal. Two big errors are not prepping for the COGAT and not answering the parent questions succinctly and to the point.

What was your experience?